From Goodreads Choice and Stoker Award®-winning author Alma Katsu comes a terrifying modern reimagining of Oscar Wilde's The Picture of Dorian Gray for the internet age.An illuminating, haunting tale of algorithmic worship and beauty that can kill, for fans of Paul Tremblay, Clay McLeod Chapman, and Stephen King.Beauty doesn't fade. It feeds.Dorothy Wagner has spent her whole life wanting nothing more than to be seen. But after fail...

"…you are one of the most complicated people I know…"Sent as a hostage to an alien land to defuse the threat from that land's ruler, Prince Steffan of Ras longs to return home where his soul truly dwells. He develops an unexpected friendship with the son of his father's enemy, gains the heart and loyalty of a war-prize stallion belonging to his enemy's queen, and receives a new name. They call him Shadow.Forced into a marriage he does not want, Steffan returns to Ras with a...

A thrilling and cataclysmic collection of city-smashing titans and the desperate coalitions of humanity clinging to survival in the wreckage, from the New York Times-bestselling and multiple award-winning editors.Featuring bestselling and award-winning authors such as Tananarive Due, Christopher Golden, Seanan McGuire, Scott Sigler and Steve Alten, author of The Meg.An explosive collection of monster terror, featuring 25 original tales of c...

A man left in the spring and never came back.But the flowers keep arriving. There is a message on the phone she hasn't played. Some mornings his coffee waits on the counter, still warm. He is finding his way back to her, slowly, the way he always said he would — and she has learned to be patient.Things I Tell Myself is a quiet, unsparing novella about a woman alone in the house she once shared, and the small daily work of surviving what she cannot afford to know. T...

London, 1847.Ever since scarlet fever nearly claimed her life, Edith Eleanor Ashford has been trapped in a frail body and kept far from the life she longs for. There is only one person who can make her feel truly alive: Eirik Varg, the young Scandinavian who was taken in by her family when he was little more than an injured boy with no past.Eirik has loved her for years, but he refuses to acknowledge it. Edith belongs to a wo...

The letter came on a Tuesday and she read it in the depot yard with twelve minutes before the 7:40.Marguerite Dowd has driven the rural service between Cardwell and the county seat since 2003. Nineteen miles, fourteen stops, fifty-one minutes, twice a day, four days a week. Nine passengers in winter and four in summer. The county pays ninety-one thousand dollars a year for it and has been doing the arithmetic for six years.Wilkin Sorrell has ridden ...

This book expands knowledge of the rhetorical levers at play in the use of narratives in political discourse, whether through “traditional” speeches or digital communication.By providing a clear methodology that applies to both communication styles, through a systematic, critical, and multimodal perspective, the book explains why decoding narratives in political discourse is relevant, particularly in a democratic context where non-coercive persuasion is a prerequisite of political ...

There are seasons in life where we spend more time becoming than arriving. come find me lives in one of those seasons.These poems were written in the space between grief and gentlness, certainty and longing, departure and home. They don't ask to be understood all at once. They simply ask to be sat with.

She wields power to save lives, not end them. Then the enemy targets her people.In the hierarchical elven empire, the elite disparage Belrina for her human blood. Defying their belief in her inferiority, she is a prodigious magician. When she uses an innovative spell to challenge an ancient tyrant, he invades her peaceful homeland.As magic-wielding assassins terrorize her people, the former healer gathers allies and mounts a defense. Soon, war cons...

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Sarah Morel is adored by two million followers. She has the perfect life, the perfect husband, and a camera that never misses. But perfection is a performance, and Sarah has spent her entire life rehearsing. When her marriage begins to crack behind the filters, Sarah faces a choice every narcissist eventually makes: dismantle her image, or dismantle the person who threatens it. What follows is a slow, meticulous unraveling, the story of a woman wh...

A fast-paced novel in verse starring a fifth-grade hockey player whose outsized emotions and outbursts could cost her more than just playing time.Bobi Jean Spry is a wiz at math and a caring big sister, but on the ice playing hockey is where she really shines. So when Coach warns her to get her outsized temper in check or she’s off the team, Bobi Jean knows she’s got to make a change. Much more than hockey is at stake—she’s at risk of losing her friends, too. The g...

Discover the Transformational Power of Arts Programs in PrisonsAlma Robinson, a nationally recognized arts leader, first encountered the powerful effect of the arts on people who are incarcerated when she attended a performance of Twelfth Night presented by Marin Shakespeare Company at San Quentin State Prison (now San Quentin Rehabilitation Center). Inspired by men who were transformed through their work with the acting ensemble, she launched a successful journey ...